# DWP Leeds User Research Lab Services

> Contract award record from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [Department for Work and Pensions](/buyers/department-for-work-and-pensions/contract-awards)
- Contract winner: SimpleUsability
- Award value: £20,000
- Tender value: £20,000
- Award date: 25 April 2018
- Published: 24 May 2018
- Contract start: 25 April 2018
- Contract end: 25 April 2019
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: 39f26eb9-f135-499c-9324-56c5e0c3589d-218310
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-6c0faa5b-1f80-42ed-b53c-8e7d27010c26

## Description

The Department for Work and Pensions is looking to hire a research facility on a time and materials basis\. The research will be varied, with a number of DWP projects utilising the lab over the course of the year\. Lab space could be used for a number of different activities depending on the phase of the project\. Possible activities could include: -- Usability and accessibility testing -- Interviews and focus groups The specific needs will vary by research session for each project, but the research lab should generally: -- Be fully accessible for those with physical and/or mental heath conditions or long term health conditions -- Have an observation room that can host at least 12 people with either a 1 way mirror or video and audio streamed from the research space -- Must be easily accessible by public transport and have parking nearby -- Must have the facility for participants to be video and audio recorded and files transferred securely to the researchers in MPEG format on the day of the research -- Must have unrestricted Wi-Fi -- Provide an internet access device \(PC or laptop\)

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/39f26eb9-f135-499c-9324-56c5e0c3589d-218310)